Legal Opinion
Riffin v. Surface Transportation Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 22, 2010No. 08-1190PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The Surface Transportation Board denied James Riffin’s petition for an order declaring that 49 U.S.C. § 10501(b), a provision of the Interstate Commerce Act as modified by the ICC Termination Act of 1995, preempts all state and local regulations insofar as they affect rail lines and that the Board has exclusive jurisdiction over Riffin’s activities at one of his properties. Because the STB failed adequately to explain its decision, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, we grant Riffin’s petition for…
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